South Korea's spy agency denies US intelligence sharing is limited to missile data

South Korea's National Intelligence Service on October 11 rejected a report that Washington was sharing only North Korean missile information with Seoul. The agency said cooperation continued across several fields, while previously acknowledged restrictions in certain areas remained.

The agency said the allies still exchanged intelligence on North Korea's conventional military capabilities, domestic developments, international relations, cyberthreats and counterintelligence. It also denied that the overall volume of information received from the United States had declined.

The dispute followed Unification Minister Chung Dong-young's reference in parliament in March to a uranium enrichment facility in Kusong. Media reports linked that disclosure to restrictions on Seoul's access to some US intelligence.

The agency had earlier acknowledged being excluded from a June trilateral meeting with Washington and Tokyo on North Korean cyberthreats. Sunday's statement describes the breadth of continuing cooperation and does not announce the removal of every restriction.